Linotype-machine.



bro-$859,618.

PATENT@ JULY 9. 1907. J. R. Rw'as= LNoTYPE MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILEDJAN,19,1906.

RENEWBD NOV. B, 1906.

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PATENTE) Q'ULY 9, 1907.

J'. EL ROGERS. LINOTYPE MASH.

APPLIUATION ULEB JAN. 19, 190s, EENBWBD Nov. a, 190s.

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JOHN R.- ROGERS, F LBROQKJYN= NEW YORK, `ASSIGllQR TO MERGENTHALER COMPANY, A CORPORATION Ol" NEW v LIN OTYPE YORK.

LINOTYPE-MACHINE.

no. andere.

Applicationl filed January 19, 1906. Renewed November 8,

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may cof/tram:

Bo it known that I, .lonN R. ROGERS, oi the borough 0l' Brooklyn, county of Krings. and State of New York, have in vented a new and useful Improvement in Linotypeeh'lachines, ol which the following is a specification. My invention has relation to that class of machines wherein circulating matrices, stored in a magazine, are released by linger lreys, assembled temporarily in line. und the lines presented successively to a mold in l0 which a type metal slug or linotype is cast against them,

alter which the matrices are returned through the dis-l tributing mechanism to the magazine from which they started, as shown lor example, in Letters Patent of the lUnited States to Ott, Mergenthaler, No. 436.532. lt l5 has reference more particularly to that special form oi' such machines shown in U. S. Patent 702,851, in which two or more magazines, carrying matrices for type laces ol' different .sizes or styles, are inovably mounted in relation to the distributing mechanism, from which they receive matrices, and the assembling mechanism to `which they deliver nuitriccs, so that any one of the nnigaziues may be brought at will into operative relation to said parts, thus enabling the machine to produce typev laces ol' one character or another, as de- 245 inanded.

The aim oi the invention is toadapt the magazines to carry at all times the iull complement of matrices contained in the machine, and to admit ofthe magazines being moved at any instant without lirst re- 'turning to their lower ends certain ol' the matrices dctained beyond the magazine, as required in the pat ented structures above referred to.

The aim is iurther, to provide a practical and positive mechanism which may be instantly thrown into and 35 out of connection with the escapcrnent devices, so that it-may be caused to actuate the cscapements of that particular magazine which is, for the time being, in operative position. I

l .have restricted the drawings herein to those parts 40- of the .machine with which my invention is immediately associated. The other parts mayl be of any ordinary or appropriate .construction7 as shown, for example, in the patent above referred to.

Referring to the drawings-Figure lis a vertical sec- /l 5 tion through the magazines, the distributing, and a portion of the assembling mechanism,'and adjacent parts et a machine containing my improvement. Fig. 2 is a similar section on an enlarged scale, throughithe lower end ol one of the individual magazines, with' the "i" 4eslcapcment actuating devices in operative position.

3 is a similar section, including the keyboard con-- nections, but with the oscapement actuating devices disconnected to permit the movement of the magazine.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. l, but with a different magazine in operative position. 5 is a perspective 55 view from the front, showing the lower end of the magl azine andthe various parts cti-operating therewith.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a rigid main frame, which may be of any suitable'construction; B a

distributing mechanism, by which the matrices are returned to the upper end of the magazines; C the stationary vertically channeled throat, which receives the matrices from the distributor; D the magazine which receives the matrices from the distributer through the throat C; E the stationary vertically channeled Aface plate, through which the matrices are delivered from the lower end of the magazine to the inclined assembling belt F, by which ,they are delivered one alter another to the lcomposed line in the assembler, as usual. The magazine D is a multiplex structure, consisting of a number of superposed magazines d, d, etc., each adapted to carry a tout or set of matrices. l Each of the individual magazines or sections con- L sists, as usual in linotype machines, of parallel top and bottom' plates suitably spaced apart and provided in 75 their opposing faces with longitudinal groovesto receive and guide the upper andI lower edges of the matrices G, which pass through the magazine by gravity,

` being delivered one at a time at the lower end in the order in which their respective characters are to ap: pear in print. The series of individual magazines may be laid directly one upon another, and united or connected so that they constitute jointly a single multiplex magazine. They may be permanently may be separated at will in orderfto permit the .substitution of other magazines -or .sections containing matrices of such fonts as may be demanded from'time vto time. The magazine, as awhole, issupported on an underlying base frame d5, attached rigidly to the upper end of a strong screw d, which is guided in a rigid tube a, forming part of the main frame. The lower ond of the screw is encircled by a gear nut cF, secured to the lower end of the tube a by a collar a2, so that it is prevented from rising or falling While being permitted to turn freely, f This nut is actuated by a pinion d8, having itslshaft mounted in a bearing on the sleeve or tube a, and prvided with a handecrank d. By turning this cranlgthe screw als and the entire magazine thereon may be raised and lowered` so as to bring any one of the individual magazines or sections in operativo relation to the throatC at the upper end, with the lace plate D at thelower end'.

lnfFig. 1,' the second magazine from the bottom is shown inoperative position, while in Fig. 4 the maga-` 105 zinc is shown with the uppcrmagazine or section in .operative position, the change being effected by 1ow- Aering the magazine as a whole from the position shown united, but the connection is preferably such that they 85 i in Fig. l to that shown in Fig. 4. In order to secure the delivery of the selected matrices one at a time from the respective channels of the magazines', each magazine has each channel provided with an escapement H, consisting of a lever seated in a longitudinal slot in the under side ot' the magazine on a central pivot ih, the Iwo ends of the lever being carried upward through the bottom oi' the magazine to serve as pawls or dogs to engage the lower edges of the matrices. The vibration of the escapement lever projects its two pawls into the magazine alternately, thus permitting the matrices to escape one at a time. Each escapement is acted upon at the upper end by a spring h attached to the .magazine and acting to vhold the upper end of the escapement in engagement with the matrix, as shown in Fig. 2. when the parts are in their normal positions of rest.

For the purpose of actuating the escapements o the magazine, which is in operative position, in opposition to the springs h', I employ a series of vertical slides I, mounted in grooves i'n a supporting plate `.lfwhi'ch is sustained at. its ends on horizontal pivots j, seated in the main frame. The plate .lis held forward or upward by an eccentric shaft K seated in the main frame, whereby the plate is caused to hold the upper ends of the slides I in operative position beneath the forward ends of the escapemcnt levers I-l. l( is provided at one end with a crank-arm k, carrying a locking stud l', which may he engaged in the main frame to prevent. the rotation of the shaft, When the locking stud is withdrawn. the eccentric shaft may be turned by the crank so as to permit the upper side of the guideplattul to-t'all forward tothe position shown in Fig.

2. thereby carrying the ends oi the entire series of actuating slides ont of engagement with the escapements and forward ot'ithe end ot the magazines. This disconnect ion and retraction of the actuating slides I'in series leaves tinA magazines free to rise and tall. `After the magazines have been readjusted and the proper section or magazine brought into operative position, the rotation ot' thil crank l( again carries the series of actuating slides beneath the escapements and causes them to he held in opt-rat ive relation thereto.

ll will be seen that the construction shownadmits ot' the magazines boing made ol' full length Bo that each will carry u full font or complement of matrices, and the escapemeuts holding the same therein and for delivering tht-m one at. a time, as required. All the matrices arc retained within the lower end of the magazine, so

that when the magazines are to be shifted, the restoration ot' nmtrccs to or through their lower ends, as heretofore, is unnecessary.

lt will be observed that the single series ol' slides I serves to actuate the escapcments ot' all the magazines,

or in other words, the one series of slides will actuato the escapements ofany one ol' the magazine sections which may be in operative position. It will also be observed that the escapement actuating slides engage directly with the cseapemcnt levers and reciprocate when in action inpaths parallel with the end of the magazine, or in other words, at right angles to the path oi the matrices. It will further be observed that the escapemcnt actuating slides are capable of adjustment bodily at right'angles to their working paths, and that it is this distinct or secondary movement which `causes The eccentric shaft them on'the one'han'd to pass away from the escape' ments and beyond the end of the magazine to permit the movement'ot the latter.

I believe myself to be the first to combine with a multiplex magazine, having the several series ot' escapements, a single series ot' escapement actuating devices mounted in a movable supports() that they may be thrown into or out of their operative positions at will, and it will be understood that the details may he varied in form and arrangement, provided only lthat the escapement actuating devices can be -moved to and from their operative positions in-order to permit the movement of the magazine. While I prefer to employ the particular form of esca'pen'ients shown' in the drawings, they are not of the essence of my invention, and may be replaced by escapernents of any equivalent lorm-several of which are already known to the art. The'actuating slides I may be operated from the keyboard through any suitableiconnections, but I recom' .mend the arrangement shown in the drawings, in which L represents a forked lever mounted on a pivot l in the main frame. At one end, the upper arm of this lever enters a notch in the slide I, while the lower arm is engaged by a vertically guided reed or' slide M, which is mounted in the main frame and urged constantly downward by a spring N. The lever L has its forward end ctmneet'ed to the spring O, the opposite end of which is attached to the .main frame, this spring being weaker than the spring N, so'that the slide I stands normally in its lowermost position, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The lower end of the reed M stands directly over a vertically swinging yoke P, carrying a cam Q, overlying a constantly rotating roll R. These parts are connected with finger keys S, as in the ordinary Mergenthaler linotype keyboard, shown in United States.

Letters Patent No. 530931, sov that whenever a key is following this action, the reed'M descends, causing the lever Ifto pull the slide I downward and thereby release the escapement, which is restored by a spring h to its original position, the :effect being to deliver the foremost matrix from the magazine, and at the same time arrest the advance' of the next matrix which takes the place of theI one discharged. v v

It will, of course, be understood that the magazine sections, the connection between them, and themcans for raising and lowering'the.magazine may be varied at will, as they are not o1' the essence of the invention.

The distributor shown is of the ordinary form used in commercial linotype machines oi the present day, and it may be replaced by any other suitable distributcr without affecting the action of my machine, Y

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Paten l, of the United States, is as follows;-

1. Inn linotyne machine, thelmnltlplexv movahlehmca zine liavingi1s |-ies of escupements tor each section. ln comhinatlonwith .r slngle series ofaetnatng devices adapted to engage tho 'froment levers. and :l movable supportv l'or'such actuating devices, whereby they may In semola moved back in series clear of the escapements and beyond ment of the latter.

2. In a linotype machine, the fixed channel plate E io receive the released matrices, in combination with the multiplex magazine having a series ot' apeincnt levers for each section, and movable at ii's delivery end past the channel plate, the single series of actuating devices adapt. ed to engage the escapement levers, and a movable :support ior the actuating,y devices, adapted to carry them in series out of engagement with the eseapements and beyond the end oi' the magazine, whereby the unobstructed movement of the latter is permitted.

Ii. In a ilnotype machine, the combination of a main frame, a multiplex magazine provided with plural series oi escnpements, means for raising and lowerin1 the magai zine to diierent operative positions, and a single series `of escapenient actuating slides mounted to be advanced in series and maintained in operative relation to the escape ments, and to be retracted in series to inoperativepositions beyond the delivery end of the magazine.

4. The movahleniuitiplex xnagazinehaving the several series of escapements, in combination with the escapeinent actuating slides, and the movable support in which the slides are' mounted,

5. In combination with the movable multiplex magazine with a series of escapement's for each section, the escapement actuating slides, the plvoted support for the slides, the levers engaging the slides and the actuating reeds engaging the levers.

6. In combination with a magazine and its escapements,

the escapeinent actuating slide, spring h, lever I, and its actuating spring O, the reed M, and means for reciprocating the same. i

7. In combination, a magazine, its` escapement lever, spring; h. tendini:y to move the lever in one direction, the actuating slide '1, lever L, spring O, reed M, spring N, and yoke l to move the reed in opposition to spring O.

8. A movable magazine and an escapement lever carried thereby within the end of the magazine, in combination with an actuating' device movable parallel wit-h the end oi' the magazine and adapted to directly engage the escapcment lever, and means for moving the actuating devico into engagement with the escapement lever or movv ingit out oi' engagement and clear of-the magazine to permit umvement o1 the latter.

9. In a linotype machine, a movable multiplex magazine having a series of escapernents for each sectionfin ronilii-naiion with escapement actuating devices arranged lo reciprocate at right angles to the length of the magazine. and u support for said actuating devices movable ai; right angles to their working,r path, whereby the actuating devices may be advanced in series into operative relation to the 4escapemenis, or withdrawn beyond their operative position and beyond the end of the magazine.

in testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this twelfth day of January, 1906, in 'the presence of two attesting witnesses.,

l JQHN R.ROGERS.

Witnesses:

D. S. KENNEDY, R. G. CLARK. 

